My history-buff friend tells me that it was considered uncouth for buttons to show
(beginning in the early 1800's to around the beginning of World War 1), therefore
cravats, scarves and ties became popular for men. Men's shirts used to have only two
or three buttons, I guess like golf-type shirts now, hence the use of short scarf-like
ties. The filthy rich, however, to separate themselves from the masses, had
themselves sewn into their shirt each day so as to have NO buttons to worry about.
Rumor has it that the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria might not have died after being
shot had they been able to get his shirt off sooner, having been sewed into a
linen-like garment that at the time included attached underwear and was most difficult
to remove. Not as interesting as Gloria Steinem's reasoning, but possibly more
accurate?
Margie Stinson
Lee College Adjunct Faculty
Huntsville, TX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: G. Marc Turner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:00 AM
> To: TIPS
> Subject: OT: Origin of Ties
>
> At 11:11 PM 10/24/2000 -0400, Stephen Black wrote:
> >Brief fashion observation: personally, I can't think of anything
> >sillier than a male wearing a ribbon tightly around his neck
> >which hangs down to his waist.
>
> I have to agree with Stephen on this one. I've never fully understood the
> whole tie thing. Does anyone know where the idea of wearing a noose around
> your neck being considered a good idea came from? I've often wondered about
> this and some of the implications that it might make, like "Males look
> better when they have something tied tightly around their neck." To me
> this is slightly disturbing...
>
> Class exercise for someone: How would different schools of thought in
> psychology (behaviorism, evolutionary, Freudian, etc.) explain tie wearing?
>
> - Marc
> G. Marc Turner, MEd
> Lecturer & Head of Computer Operations
> Department of Psychology
> Southwest Texas State University
> San Marcos, TX 78666
> phone: (512)245-2526
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